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Black Beetle in Snow

agarrity2640 New Member Posts: 2	Black Beetle in Snow Feb 5, 2021 7:53:05 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by agarrity2640 on Feb 5, 2021 7:53:05 GMT -8 I live in Massachusetts. There was a black insect (probably hunting for snow fleas). It was walking slowly on the snow and is roughly 1 cm long. image below. if somebody can help identify this, it would be great.

livingplanet3 Nabokov Posts: 606	Black Beetle in Snow Feb 5, 2021 8:13:02 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by livingplanet3 on Feb 5, 2021 8:13:02 GMT -8 That's a species of stonefly (Order Plecoptera). Here's another example (though I don't know if yours is this particular species) - bugguide.net/node/view/1683887/bgimage
	Last Edit: Feb 5, 2021 8:15:55 GMT -8 by livingplanet3

agarrity2640 New Member Posts: 2	Black Beetle in Snow Feb 5, 2021 8:36:02 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by agarrity2640 on Feb 5, 2021 8:36:02 GMT -8 Thank You! that helped me narrow it down. I'm now almost completely sure it is in the family Capniidae.
	Last Edit: Feb 5, 2021 8:54:26 GMT -8 by agarrity2640